Product Innovation of the Year Award

The Product Innovation of the Year Award recognizes and highlights the most innovative new products in the market. With the help of our expert Editorial Advisory Board, the editorial team accepts nominations and chooses the winner and finalists to be featured in the December issue.

Click here for the 2010 nomination form.

The inaugural Product Innovation of the Year Award 2009 was awarded to Grundfos Pumps Corporation for its Multi-Stage CR-H,  a retrofit alternative to traditional ANSI pumps.

Second place went to Retroflo, Ltd.'s RPC_2000 Pump Control System, a system that monitors the whole pump station.

Baldor received third place for its RPMAC PM Direct Drive Cooling Tower Motor and VS1CTD Drive, which replaces the existing motor, jack shaft and gearbox in wet cooling towers.

Finish Thompson earned fourth place for the SP22, a self-priming, magnetic drive centrifugal pump.

ITT Goulds Pumps received fifth place for its 3196 iFRAME Intelligent Pump, which performs continuous temperature and vibration monitoring.

Reliability Center, Inc.'s PROACT Logic Tree Knowledge Management Templates and Lewa's Intellidrive both received honorable mentions.

For the 2010 award, products for consideration must be introduced to the market from September 1, 2009 to August 31, 2010 with proof that it is an improvement over current technology based on actual use in the field. Testimony from an end user must also be supplied. The deadline for nominations is October 1, 2010. Winners and finalists will be announced in the December 2010 issue.

Click here for the nomination form.